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APPROVED 1/16/2002 <br />MINUTES <br />Joint Meeting of the Durham Technical Community College <br />And <br />Orange County Commissioners <br />October 11, 2441 <br />Skills Development Center, Chapel Hill North Carolina <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met by invitation with Durham Technical <br />Community College representatives at 6:44 p.m. at the Skills Development Center in Chapel Hill, <br />North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Stephen H. Halkiotis and Commissioners Margaret W. <br />Brown, Moses Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon and Barry Jacobs <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Manager Rod <br />Visser, Finance Director Ken Chavious, Budget Director Donna Dean and Director of Purchasing and Central <br />Services Pam Jones. <br />COMMUNITY COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES: President Phail Wynn, Vice-President Barbara Baker, <br />Trustees Jesse Anglin, Ann Barnes and Mary Ann Peter <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA <br />FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />Chair Halkiotis called the dinner meeting to order and requested that those present take a <br />moment of silence in honor of Jim Gibson, one of Orange County's most active volunteers, who died <br />on Thursday, October 11, 2441. <br />Hobgoods, Hillsborough North Carolina, served dinner. It was noted that Sam Hobgood was a <br />Community College graduate. <br />Overview by Dr. Phail Wynn <br />Dr. Wynn spoke briefly about the following topics: <br />• The historically good and cooperative relationship that <br />Orange County. <br />• Noted that Orange and Durham County residents held <br />evidenced by their high rate of approval of the bonds f <br />Durham Tech has had with schools in <br />Community College in high regard as <br />~r Community Colleges passed in 1997 <br />(83°l0}. <br />Noted that 22% of the students in credit courses at Durham Tech are Orange County <br />residents. <br />Dr. Wynn distributed a booklet entitled "Community College Laws of North Carolina" to County <br />Commissioners. His comments for the next several minutes referred to various sections of the book <br />in an effort to clarify the following: <br />Board of Trustee membership. Dr. Wynn indicated that pursuant to G.S. 115D-12 {a} -Group <br />Two, two {2} members may be elected to the Board of Trustees from those counties in which <br />a satellite facility is located. This would raise the current Board of Trustee membership from <br />12 to 14. Commissioner Halkiotis noted that only one of the two Trustees from Orange <br />County could be a Commissioner. <br />Property Ownership. Pursuant to GS 115D-14, Dr. Wynn painted out the relationship <br />between the County and the Community College system as it relates to the ownership of <br />